Comments on: Taxpayers’ federation pitches solution to end First Nations povertyhttp://www.macleans.ca/general/taxpayers-federation-pitches-solution-to-end-first-nations-poverty/
Canada's national weekly current affairs magazineFri, 09 Dec 2016 12:41:16 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2By: Thunderhttp://www.macleans.ca/general/taxpayers-federation-pitches-solution-to-end-first-nations-poverty/#comment-1050813
Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:32:00 +0000http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337426#comment-1050813if you count the revenue which canada and it’s corporations make from illegal mining and extraction on indigenous territory, it’s clear that 1st nations already pay the highest taxes of any demographic in the nation, and have since the very beginning of confederacy. ctf are just a bunch of right wing propagandists.
]]>By: Garry Gaudethttp://www.macleans.ca/general/taxpayers-federation-pitches-solution-to-end-first-nations-poverty/#comment-1050811
Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:05:00 +0000http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337426#comment-1050811Yes, impatience among First Nations with the present situation is boiling over. It’s fair to conclude that most other Canadians share that same impatience. The present state of affairs has proven a horribly costly and wasteful failure, including the failure to harness the energy, intelligence and imagination of young aboriginals. We all need their participation in mainstream society and the economy.

The nation’s political structures as they’ve evolved over the decades and century seem not to have registered with, or been accepted by, First Nations. They seem to believe the Queen and Governor General still have some power over government operations, which is laughable, a misguided faith that actually argues for Canada to finally let go of the Monarchy.

These CTF recommendations seem generally reasonable. Let’s put away the feathers and drums, and start working together for the benefit of all Canadians.

]]>By: Jim__Rhttp://www.macleans.ca/general/taxpayers-federation-pitches-solution-to-end-first-nations-poverty/#comment-1050809
Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:12:00 +0000http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337426#comment-1050809“The group is also proposing a pilot project that would see funding go
directly to band members, and then have the band council tax some of it
back to pay for services.”

This would likely give band members a much stronger interest in how the money is being spent, which could only be a good thing.